Government is kicking away opportunities for the next generation – Buck
Karen Buck MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Young People responding to the Barnardo’s Report on the 16-19 Bursary Fund...
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Letter from Jon Trickett MP to Sir Jeremy Heywood on newspaper reports surrounding Andrew Lansley
Jon Trickett MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, has sent a letter to Sir Jeremy Heywood regarding reports today of briefings...
Read this entry » Cameron must clarify if briefing on Lansley reflects majority opinion in No 10 – Burnham
Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said in response to the Downing Street suggestion in today’s Times newspaper that...
Read this entry » Building a Green Economy: a low-carbon plan for jobs and growth
In a speech to the Aldersgate Group, a coalition of environment agencies, NGOs, think tanks and industry representatives, Caroline Flint, Labour’s...
Read this entry » New fund is nothing more than a sticking plaster over gaping hole in previous support for sustainable transpor
Maria Eagle MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to today's announcement on transport funding, said:...
Read this entry » We need more rigorous apprenticeships for young people – Twigg and Marsden
Stephen Twigg MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to David Cameron’s article on apprenticeships, said:...
Read this entry » Energy switching campaign a potentially trailblazing way to bring down bills – Flint
Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said in response to the launch of the first UK-wide collective energy...
Read this entry » Home Secretary needs to explain action she is taking on the national security implications of Abu Qatada judge
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the announcement on Abu Qatada...
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Labour proposals to criminalise stalking, we will keep Govt to its word – Cooper
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, said:"It is a step forward that the Government is taking our proposals to criminalise stalking seriously and we...
Read this entry »You can judge the Tories by the friends they keep – Dugher
Michael Dugher MP, Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, commenting on the appointment of Michael Farmer as Conservative Party co-Treasurer...
Read this entry »Senior management of the publicly-funded Network Rail have done the right thing – Maria Eagle
Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to news that Network Rail directors will give up bonuses, said:...
Read this entry »One of the key priorities for reforming the family justice system has to be reducing delay – Flello &
Catherine McKinnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Children’s Minister, commenting on the Government's family justice announcement today, said:...
Read this entry »A day to pay tribute to the Queen – Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said:...
Read this entry »Now we have proof that the Government has to give prior written agreement to new Network Rail bonus plan ̵
Labour has discovered that the Department for Transport has to give 'prior written consent' to Network Rail before there can be any changes to its incentive policy....
Read this entry »Miliband tells Cameron: Save 6,000 nurses by abandoning NHS reorganisation now
Ed Miliband will today accuse the Government of directly damaging frontline patient care with its unnecessary and unwanted top-down reorganisation of the NHS....
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